Michigan Football Tidbits: Conversations with Coaches

1) Adrian Witty: We have been telling everyone, since the spring coaches’ clinic, that Coach Gibson loves this kid. Coaches fully expect him to be at Michigan sometime. Maybe as early as in a week and there are no plans to red-shirt him.

A. Witty coming to Michigan could change up some strategy in the recruiting of cornerback’s, especially with a clear need for the team to get bigger (not only our belief, but Coach Rod’s also).

2) Jordan Paskorz: Some question the value of his commitment and his future position at Michigan. But asking around, there was no hesitation within the staff to accept his commitment. The coaches believe he is a perfect candidate to play Ryan Van Bergen’s position down the road.

The staff regards Jordan as a “football player”. One coach stated J. Paskorz is the type of recruit Coach Rod loved to get at West Virginia because of his versatility, and they think he may not be done growing.

3) Mike Cox: At one time we felt he would not last at Michigan under Coach Rod. Remember, he was a Carr recruit and probably would have been a different type of player under Carr.

But M. Cox has really bought into Barwis, and his added quickness is evident. What is overlooked about M. Cox is that he can really catch the football; he has the best hands by far of any running back on the team. With Brandon Minor graduating, M. Cox is one to watch for next year.

4) Tight Ends: They were almost non-existent in the scrimmage, except in goal line situations. But coaches openly talked about needing to get them involved this year.

A side-note: Brandon Moore has really progressed from spring to fall, but still is a ways behind Martell Webb and Kevin Koger. But at one time, he was seen as a kid who may not have what it takes to make it through this program. Now he seems to really have stepped it up.

5) Just one coach’s comment about J. Paskorz (think RVB) in terms of position), Ken Wilkins (think Brandon Graham) Antonio Kinard (think Brandon Herron). We state the above comparisons because while some conclude UM is booked at certain positions, it seems UM could add at least a player at each (lb and de).

6) Jerald Robinson: Coaches differ, but looking at the depth at wide receiver the odds now favor J. Robinson starting out at safety. At least Coach Gibson hopes so.

7) All three freshmen offensive linemen held their own at the scrimmage. This group really looks solid and we can envision every one of them becoming a starter someday.

8) Pat Omameh played very well; it is close for right tackle, very close.

9) The second team defensive line was Adam Patterson, Greg Banks, Renaldo Sagesse, and Steve Watson (Quick). Will Campbell rotated in with second and third group.

10) When a coach was asked about the big gap between first and second team defense, his response was “They all better get ready because we are planning on playing around 20 kids on defense”.

If A. Witty makes it in, and with Teric Jones and J.T. Turner already on the second team, UM may take two more defensive back’s, instead of three.

So who? We think Cullen Christian for sure. UM would also love to have a commitment from Tony Grimes (remember UM already has commitments from Courtney Avery and Terrence Talbott, who probably are both cornerback’s).

We believe UM would love to get a true safety like Latwan Anderson. But we have heard that Michigan is not even being mentioned alongside some of the other teams that are recruiting him. He hasn’t visited, like he said he would to several Michigan recruiting services and also Michigan recruits/commits.

Stephen Hopkins plays at a very good program and if his high school coach is going to play him more at linebacker (like the link Steve provided the other day) and Hopkins is fine with that, then we are really excited about this potential development.

Michigan needs linebackers more than running backs. And M. Cox, still young, fits the power running back type well.

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